Spring Hill Half Marathon

Spring Hill, Florida

Sunday, January 3, 2021

 

On Sunday, January 3, 2021 I completed the Spring Hill Half Marathon in Spring Hill, Florida.  The temperature remained a constant 65 degrees with little breeze.  It drizzled for the first half hour and remained overcast for the rest of the race.  The course is relatively flat completely on a bike path in an out and back arrangement.  There were four different races 5K, 10k, Half Marathon and Full Marathon having a total of about 150 people.  The race was organized to protect the participants from the Corona Virus 19.  Mask were worn by everyone for the packet pick-up, pre-race and post-race.  Social distancing was emphasized throughout the event.  Mask were not required during the race but the small number of participants easily kept everyone a large distance from everyone else.  I felt extremely safe the entire time.  Water stations were located every 3 miles and utilized 8 ounce water bottles and 10 ounce Gatorade bottles that were set on tables and the participants picked up as they went by; however, there were not enough bottles for everyone, so me and the participants behind me often did not have anything to grab at most of the stations.  I was only able to grab 3 bottles of water and no bottles of Gatorade.  As far as I am concerned that is unforgivable.  I was first in my age group.

 

 Packet Pick-up

After The Race

Florida Scenes

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